{
  "id": 1623412,
  "title": "World : DR Congo Ebola Confirmed Cases Top 5,000",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/world-dr-congo-ebola-confirmed-cases-top-5-000",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-18T01:36:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2595722"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "KINSHASA/ADDIS ABABA, Aug 18 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have surpassed 5,000, with more than 2,320 deaths, as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) warned on Monday that the outbreak could become the deadliest Ebola epidemic ever recorded globally unless its trajectory is urgently reversed, reported Xinhua.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}